Chronology of Some Important Civil War Dates from Eicher and Eicher (2001)¶
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Events from the “Chronology of Some Important Civil War Dates” from Civil War High Commands by John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher (2001), pp. 895–918.
The description of events including in this list is
> Most military expeditions, reconnaissances, and raids are listed under the > place names of locations involved rather than by the commanders’ names. > Roman numerals are appended to non-successive events which are known by the > same name, such as Bull Run I (1861) and Bull Run II (1862); alternate names > and related actions are placed in parentheses. A survey of Civil War > chronologies yields at least thirty types of military operations between the > opposing forces ranging from battles and engagements to skirmishes and raids. > These types of operations are neither precisely defined nor carefully > differentiated, but yield a total of more than 11,000 military actions, > probably closer to 8,000 when duplications are removed. > An approximation by years gives the following distribution: 1861 (7%), 1862. > (2.5%), 1863 (2.8%), 1864 (34%), and 1865 (6%).
Sources: [Eicher2001]